Russian
defense Company Kurganmashzavod to develop a new airborne armoured fighting
vehicle.

Russian defense firm Kurganmashzavod is developing a new airborne fighting
vehicle, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Monday, November
12, 2012. “We are ready to continue the work on the new platforms
that are currently being developed at Kurganmashzavod. This includes the
Kurganets platform for the new airborne fighting vehicle,” Rogozin
said.

The
General Staff of the Armed Forces will make the final decision on the
system to be adopted, he noted.

“The industry may propose a variety of technical options to the
Defense Ministry but it may not act as the contracting authority,”
Rogozin said.

Ground Forces commander Col. Gen. Vladimir Chirkin earlier said that the
military will take delivery of new armored vehicles some time after 2015.

The
Kurganets range is new family of tracked armoured vehicles for airborne
troops. The Kurganets-25 tracked armored infantry fighting vehicle could
provided high degree of commonality with the new Russian project of main
battle tank Armata.

The Kurganets-25 will evolve into various models, gradually replacing
BMP and BMD and MT-LB and other types of tracked armored platforms in
the Russian armed forces.